Is Katie Holmes in China to escape from Scientologists?

Katie Holmes, who is now calling it quits with Tom Cruise after five years, created a stir hours ago on Sina Weibo by uploading multiple pictures of herself in the Forbidden City. It is unclear when those pictures were taken. [Update: Holmes attended an ice-skating show in Beijing on June 14, so those pictures could have been taken earlier this month.]In addition to the divorce (which will be Holmes’ first and Cruise’s third), Holmes is filing for sole custody of their six-year-old daughter.Scientology has emerged as a chief reason behind the split. Holmes is reportedly fearful that Tom Cruise, himself a prominent member of the church, may abduct her child following the divorce. She has also told neighbours that she can’t take a step outside of her own home without Scientology goons following her around.According to the New York Post, “[a] team of beefy armed men parked themselves in a white Cadillac Escalade outside Holmes’ place all day [Sunday], snapping pictures of people outside the building and demanding to know who they were.”A good friend of Holmes’ is quoted in the Post as saying, “Katie did convert when she and Tom were married, but she didn’t take to [Scientology]. Behind closed doors, and when the private planes and the red carpets were gone, she didn’t like it. And she decided she does not want that for Suri. ”Good for you, Katie! You’ve come to the right place to escape from the Scientologists!‘Watch Tom Cruise jump around like a mad man on Oprah’s show five years ago: